Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I just created a dry mix spaghetti sauce and could not wait to share it with everyone. I made this last night for dinner and my grandchildren loved it. There words "this is better than store bought" I am so smiling inside as I share this with you. I am hoping you like it as much as they do.

Spaghetti Jar Meal

1/3 cup Basic Sauce Mix

1/4 cup Thrive Tomato Powder

1 teaspoon Thrive Dehydrated onions

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of dry parsley flakes

1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/4 teaspoon of minced dry garlic

2 teaspoons of dry green bell pepper flakes

In a one quart wide mouth mason jar add broken spaghetti noodles or any pasta about a inch from the top...Make up the dry mix spaghetti sauce and put it in a baggie and put it on top of the jar put in a oxygen absorber and add lid and ring.

To Make The Jar Meal

Remove the baggie with sauce mix and set a side cook your Spaghetti noodles and drain. While that is cooking,

In a sauce pan add 1 1/2 cups of water and whisk in the sauce mix cook on med to low heat and continue to whisk until it thickens turn it to low and let it simmer for about 5 to 10 mins.

Layer
Ingredients in a one quart caning jar add oxygen absorber and label.

Sloppy Joe
Seasoning mix

1 cup Dried
Minced Onion

3 Tablespoons
Green Pepper Flakes

4 teaspoons
dried minced Garlic

2 teaspoon
Dry Mustard

2 teaspoons
Celery Seeds

2 teaspoons
chill powder

mix well
together and store in a air tight container.

To cook the
Jar meal

Bring 4 cups
of water to a boil turn off heat let sit for 10 to 15 mins to
rehydrate turn heat back on and let Simmer for 20 to 25 mins.

Savory Onion Roll Jar Mix

1/4 Cup
dehydrated onions flakes

3 1/3 cup
bread flour

2 Tablespoons
granulated sugar

1 Tablespoon
powdered milk

1 1/2
teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon
dyed parsley

1
envelope yeast

place the
onion flakes in a small Zip lock baggie and set aside.

Combine
ingredients except for the yeast, in a one quart jar. add the baggie
of onions and the yeast to the top of the mix and close the jar.
vacuum seal and store the mix in a cool, dry place.

To Make

follow your
bread machines instructions... add the Jar Mix, yeast and onions to 1
and 1/8 Cups of Water (105 to 110 degrees F) along with 1 tablespoon
of vegetable oil... I put my machine on the dough cycle and when it
is done I cut and shape them into rolls I get about 12 rolls out of
this jar mix.

I let the
rolls rise again and then brush the tops with butter and bake at 350
for about 20 t0 25 mins. Until golden brown...